Misconception · MIS:indefinite-life-means-infinite

Mistaken idea “Indefinite life means infinite life”

Mistaken reasoning: This mistake treats an indefinite lived intangible as permanent and therefore exempt from reassessment or loss recognition.

Updated Aug 21, 2026 Review due Nov 8, 2026

Why this is mistaken

Indefinite means that current evidence supplies no foreseeable limit. Ask what future fact could establish one, then require the separate impairment route.

Where to watch

When this mistake may appear

  • A renewable trade name or license has no presently supported limiting period.
Check your work

Your work may contain this mistake if:

  • The answer says the asset lasts forever, omits life reassessment, or records no impairment review.